New Doubt Cast on U.S. Claim Qom Plant is Illicit by Gareth Porter

New Doubt Cast on U.S. Claim Qom Plant is Illicit

by Gareth Porter / October 3rd, 2009 (1)

WASHINGTON (IPS) — An Iranian assertion that construction on its second enrichment facility began only last year and further analysis of satellite photos of the site have cast fresh doubts on the Barack Obama administration’s charge that the construction of the plant near Qom involved a covert decision to violate Iran’s obligations to report immediately to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on any decision to build a new facility.

At a Sep. 25 briefing on the site, senior administration officials refused to provide any specific information to back up the claim that construction had begun before the March 2007 Iranian …
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